President Paul Biya Stories

Kamto, the leader of the Cameroon Renaissance Movement (MRC), filed a petition in late July asking the Constitutional Council to reverse a decision by...

Paul Biya is already the oldest head of state in the world. He wants to be re-elected in October for an eighth term. But how has President Biya manage...

Cameroon's national electoral body, Elecam, approved only 13 out of the 83 applications, leaving out Maurice Kamto, who was the runner-up in the hotly...

Kamto previously contested the presidency under the Cameroon Resistance Movement (CRM), but has not yet publicly commented on his latest disqualificat...

In a statement announcing his candidacy, Biya, who has been in power since 1982, stated that he was responding to numerous calls to throw his hat in t...

The 92-year-old president, who has been in power since 1982, announced in a statement on X on Sunday, stating that he was responding to numerous calls...

Biya's prolonged absence fuelled widespread speculation he was unwell, prompting authorities to put out statements saying the president was in good he...

Interior Minister Paul Atanga Nji said discussing the president's health was a matter of national security.

Opposition parties and civil society groups have been calling for an update on the status of Biya's health and his exact whereabouts.